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Mall Cop Wins Box Office Battle
 Mall Cop Wins Box Office Battle 
Jan 18, 2009 3:46 PM CST

Mall Cop Wins Box Office Battle

Kevin James comedy beats Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino

(Newser) - A mall security guard on a Segway wrested control of the box office this weekend. Paul Blart: Mall Cop, a PG-rated comedy starring Kevin James, raked in $33.8 million to knock Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino from the top spot, Variety reports. Torino earned $22.2 million, a mere...

Gran Torino Blows Away Box Office

(Newser) - Clint Eastwood’s vigilante flick Gran Torino smashed box office competition and his career record this weekend, earning $29 million, Variety reports. The film has grossed $40.1 million total after a prior monthlong limited run. Wedding comedy Bride Wars placed second with $21.5 million, followed by The Unborn,...

Top Dog Marley Still Gnawing Competition
 Top Dog Marley 
 Still Gnawing 
 Competition 
BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP
Jan 4, 2009 4:26 PM CST

Top Dog Marley Still Gnawing Competition

Bedtime Stories, Button close behind

(Newser) - Marley & Me continued its reign atop the box office dog pile this weekend, digging up $24 million, Variety reports. Bedtime Stories took in $20.3 million, while Benjamin Button aged gracefully to third place with $18.4 million. Valkyrie ($14.3 million) and Yes Man ($13.9 million) rounded...

'Top Moneymaker' Status Comes With Math Problem

(Newser) - The annual ranking of movie stars based on exhibitors' sentiment is out. Thing is, the Quigley Poll bases its list on what industry insiders think the stars brought in, not on hard numbers. Gina Serpe of E! takes a look at the discrepancies.
  • Will Smith: Theater owners had a lot
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Marley Fetches Weekend Win
 Marley Fetches
 Weekend Win 
BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP
Dec 28, 2008 4:40 PM CST

Marley Fetches Weekend Win

(Newser) - After breaking the box office record for best Christmas Day opener, Marley & Me stayed top dog with $51.7 million this weekend, Variety reports. Brad Pitt vehicle The Curious Case of Benjamin Button finished behind ex-wife Jennifer Aniston’s puppy flick, but still earned a surprising $39 million. Bedtime ...

Marley & Me Gives Jen Box Office Record

(Newser) - Jen topped Brad at the box office yesterday but both fared well, breaking Christmas Day records, People reports. Aniston's Marley & Me, co-starring Owen Wilson, beat all Christmas Day debuts by banking $14.8 million. Pitt's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button came in No. 2 all-time with $11.8...

Carrey Wins Box-Office Yes
 Carrey Wins Box-Office Yes 
Dec 21, 2008 4:16 PM CST

Carrey Wins Box-Office Yes

Yes Man comes out on top during a quiet weekend at theaters

(Newser) - The Northeast's weather outside was frightful, but elsewhere, audiences found Jim Carrey's Yes Man delightful, reports Variety. The Carrey comedy topped depressed box office returns with just $18.2 million, while Will Smith's drama Seven Pounds took No. 2 with $16 million—the lowest opening for Smith since 2001. The ...

Mamma Mia! Drowns Titanic's UK Take

Money, Money, Money at UK box office

(Newser) - The movie version of the fluffy romantic musical Mamma Mia! has become Britain's biggest box office hit of all time, E! Online reports. The Meryl Streep flick, based on the tunes of the '70s Swedish pop group ABBA, earned $107.7 million in 22 weeks in theaters, sailing beyond the...

Earth Tops Box Office as Specialty Flicks Shine
Earth Tops Box Office
as Specialty Flicks Shine
OPINION
Dec 14, 2008 5:41 PM CST

Earth Tops Box Office as Specialty Flicks Shine

Golden Globe nominations give specialty flicks a boost

(Newser) - The Day the Earth Stood Still pulled in $31 million and topped the box office this weekend, but specialty films drew bigger buzz, Variety reports. Benefiting from Golden Globe noms, Milk cracked the top ten with $2.6 million and Slumdog Millionaire banked $2.2 million. Clint Eastwood’s Gran ...

Four Christmases Tops for Week No. 2
 Four Christmases 
 Tops for Week No. 2 
BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP
Dec 7, 2008 3:06 PM CST

Four Christmases Tops for Week No. 2

Twilight sinks teeth into second place

(Newser) - Four Christmases stayed north of the competition on a typically slow post-Thanksgiving box office weekend with $18.2 million, Entertainment Weekly reports. Twilight ($13.2 million), Bolt ($9.7 million), Australia ($7 million), and Quantum of Solace ($6.6 million) rounded out the top five, but new release Punisher: War ...

Christmases Chokes Australia at Box Office

Comedy tops box office, curbing Twilight sensation

(Newser) - Four Christmases iced the competition over the long Thanksgiving weekend and raked in $46.7 million, Variety reports. Box office numbers stayed strong overall—up 2% to 3% over last year's holiday—as Twilight ($39.5 million), Bolt ($36 million), and Quantum of Solace ($28.1 million) filled out the...

Twilight Draws Box Office Blood
 Twilight Draws Box Office Blood 
Nov 23, 2008 4:04 PM CST

Twilight Draws Box Office Blood

Film gets year's fourth biggest premier

(Newser) - Twilight sucked the box office dry this weekend by banking nearly $71 million and claiming top spot, Entertainment Weekly reports. That makes it the best-grossing film by a female director and among the top 30 premieres of all time. Filling out the weekend's top five: Quantum of Solace, $27....

Twilight's Big Bucks Greenlight Sequel

Teen vampire flick breaks box office records

(Newser) - Even as the cash registers were still clanging on Twilight's monstrous opening weekend, the teen vampire flick's producers confirmed that a sequel is on, says MTV News. New Moon, the second book in Stephanie Meyer's series, is now officially set to be adapted for the big screen. Twilight is on...

Bond Takes Quantum Box Office Leap

Spy franchise shows no signs of fading

(Newser) - Quantum of Solace continued its Friday momentum and shattered the record for the best Bond weekend opening, Variety reports. Solace banked $70.4 million, topping Die Another Day's $47 million debut. Rounding out the weekend's top five: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa ($36.1 million), Role Models ($11.7 million), High ...

Mayor of Batman, Turkey, Aims to Sue Warner Bros.

Pol wants share of Dark Knight revenues for citizens of oil town

(Newser) - The mayor of Batman, Turkey, is threatening to sue Warner Brothers for a share of the nearly $1 billion The Dark Knight has generated. The unauthorized name use has wreaked psychological havoc in the Anatolian oil city by driving up unsolved murders and female suicides, Huseyin Kalkan tells Variety—though...

Audiences Flock to Madagascar
 Audiences Flock to Madagascar 
Nov 9, 2008 4:27 PM CST

Audiences Flock to Madagascar

Animated flick wins weekend box office

(Newser) - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa had the year's best opening for an animated family flick, pulling in $63.5 million to win the weekend box office, Variety reports. R-rated gross-out comedy Role Models, meanwhile, surprised by taking second place with $19.3 million. The remaining top five: High School Musical 3:...

If Twilight Bites, So Will Holiday Box Office

Season's hopes on vampire's back

(Newser) - The holiday season’s best hope for a blockbuster is a teen vampire romance flick from an obscure studio, MarketWatch reports. With Harry Potter pushed to next summer, this holiday season is pretty much bereft of a proven franchise. But Twilight, based on Stephenie Meyer’s mega-selling books, has the...

HSM3 Stays Tops at Box Office
 HSM3 Stays Tops at Box Office 
Nov 2, 2008 5:21 PM CST

HSM3 Stays Tops at Box Office

Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Saw V round out top 3

(Newser) - High School Musical 3 strutted its way to the top of the box office despite Halloween’s usual decimation of Friday ticket sales, Variety reports. Now in its second week, the teenage singalong bagged $15 million this weekend, with Zack and Miri Make a Porno opening to $10.7 million....

Musical Belts Out Record Opening

Runner-up Saw V far ahead of rest of the field

(Newser) - Sweetness and gore dominated the box office this week, reports Variety. High School Musical 3 bopped off with $42 million, having the best opening ever for a musical. Runner-up Saw V, with $30.5 million, still chopped the rest of the field down to size. The box office take was...

Box Office Feels the Payne
      Box Office Feels the Payne
Oct 19, 2008 4:51 PM CDT

Box Office Feels the Payne

Wahlberg shoot-em-up takes top spot with $18 million

(Newser) - Max Payne beat up Bees and a Chihuahua at the box office this weekend and grabbed the top spot, Variety reports. The Mark Wahlberg action flick raked in $18 million to Chihuahua’s $11.2 million and The Secret Life of Bees' $11.1 million. Rounding out the top five...

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